Roundup: Turkish Clubs Wrap It Up In Style

Besiktas finished their EuroCup Women Regular Season in style with a 67-58 win over Dynamo - GUVD in Istanbul on Thursday.

Ebony Hoffman had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Besiktas, who prevailed for the fifth time in six games and finished top of Group B.

The hosts were in front 34-33 but finished the last 1:35 of the first half with a 5-0 run and then scored four straight points after the restart.

That gave Sandro Orlando's side a 43-33 advantage and Dynamo - GUVD got no closer than six points the rest of the way.

Ksenia Kolosovskaia finished with 24 points for the visitors, who slumped to 2-4.

With the top two sides in each of the eight groups advancing to the Eighth-Finals, Besiktas and Lotto Young Cats will progress from Group B while third-place Dynamo and fourth-place Telge Basket (2-4) will not.

Also for Turkish clubs, there were wins on Thursday night for Botas and Optimum Ted Ankara but not for Kayseri Kaskispor.

Botas rolled to an 84-63 victory over WBC Dynamo, a game in which Courtney Paris had 16 rebounds to go with her 10 points for the winners.

Botas went unbeaten in Group A at 6-0 while BC Horizont finished second ahead of fellow 4-2 teams WBC Dynamo Moscow and Lombos - Cascais.

The order of finish was determined by a goal differential tie-breaker in the games between the teams.

Ankara (5-1) prevailed 69-62 over Nantes Reze (3-3) in Group C.

Gülsah Akkaya had 18 points for Ankara while the standout performer for the French club was Aminata Diop, a Senegal international who had 18 points and 16 rebounds.

The result means Ankara go through in first place while Dexia Namur finished second (4-2) ahead of Nantes.

Dexia trailed AD Vagos 60-59 with 1:37 to go in their game but won 63-60.

In Group F, Dynamo Kursk improved to 6-0 with a 75-66 victory at Kayseri Kaskispor (3-3).

Kayeri still finished in second place ahead of Olimpia and Maccabi Bnot.

Olimpia beat Maccabi 86-70 in their clash.

In Group D, Flying Foxes won 78-61 over Lemminkainen to finished 3-3.

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton poured in 19 points for the Austrian team.

Hainaut Basket won five of their six games to come in first in the pool and Gran Canaria were second at 4-2.

In Group G, Whitney Boddie had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Sdent Helios (3-3) in their 81-65 triumph over Partizan Galenka (2-4).